French actress, singer, model, and animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot has died.

Karsh wrote, “I happened to return to Paris directly from the Vatican photographing Pope John the 23rd. And the word had reached her that the person that [is] about to photograph you has just come directly from Rome. And with her typical charm and touch of gaiety, she said, ‘Is it true you have just come from photographing Pope John the 23rd?’ I said, yes. ‘Ah,’ she said, ‘ from the saint to the sinner.’”